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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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VAND, n., v.1 Also vandt; palatalised form viand, vjand and diphthongal forms v(e)ynd; in Ork. also -veny-, -vedy-. [v(j)ɑnd; vəind]
I. n. 1. A skill, knack or aptitude for doing something (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973).Sh. 1893 Sinclair MS. 5:
Foo lang need du be, wi dy guid gie an veynd, hokkin up da kyst.Sh. 1919 T. Manson Peat Comm. 148:
He hed da vynd o pittin doon what he hed ta say an hoo he felt in what you wid caa a richt, natril wye.Sh. 1947 New Shetlander No. 4. 2:
I did not quite have the right cast or vand.
2. Manner of behaving, attitude (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., Sh. 1973), comb. ill-vynd; disposition, temper (Id.); mien; shape (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.).Sh. 1898 “Junda” Klingrahool 6:
Hits tippet o kurkie and shaela combined, Hits sklender croopeen and fainly vynd.Sh. 1900 Shetland News (4 Aug.):
Notic'd doo her vynd, Tamy? Shü shürely tought 'at hit wid gripe wis ta see her white coats 'at shü held da tails o' her goon sae high.
II. v. 1. tr. To arrange, contrive, shape, put together properly, to fit or adapt (one thing) to another (Sh. 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973).Sh. 1933 J. Nicolson Hentilagets 27:
An ivery Sunday nicht wid vynd Hame fae da kirk ta waalk wi her.Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 212:
Noo, dis wis foo da grit Aal Faader Tought his fine universe ta vynd.
Freq. in ppl.adj. in comb. ill-vanded, -vynded, badly-made or -planned, ill-constructed, misshapen (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1973); hence fig. of persons: not fitting into society, unsociable, objectionable or offensive in appearance, manner or behaviour (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., vandtit, 1914 Angus Gl.), crusty, disagreeable (Ork. 1929 Marw., ill-venyied, -vedyid).Sh. 1836 Gentleman's Mag. II. 591:
Du mey stumse, du ill viandit teef it du iz.Sh. 1862 Shetland Advertiser (3 Nov.):
Sum ill-vynded body wis wret a letter sayin itt Captain Parritt wis a gapus an' a gouk.Sh. 1900 Shetland News (19 May):
He says ‘at dir claes was awfil ill-vyndid an' ill-shakken-up laek.Sh. 1919 T. Manson Peat Comm. 152:
Joanie Antony! A lazy, useless, ill-triven, ill-vyndid —.Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Trad. Lore 181:
Mallie could do strange things and was very ill-vanded.Sh. 1993 New Shetlander Sep 22:
"I
hae need of a roof ower my head and maet set afore me" he said "and a
bed on the laft to lay me doon wid suit me fine and I hae money enyoch
for any idder needs. You'll fin me no ill vyndid an no geen tae
sweerta."
†2. intr. Of clothes, etc.: to fit, to become the person (Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl., vandt).Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Foo does it vand?
